The Nielsen Family

Monday, September 22, 2008

It's Thomas!

Our friend and neighbor gave Adelyn this old halloween costume to play in. She loves Thomas the Train and thought that this was really fun! (Thanks Kalli!)

Sunday, September 7, 2008

First Steps!

Aliya took her first steps on thursday, we were really excited, but sad that Daddy was not here to see it!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

We were so excited for Adelyn to start preschool. She has a great teacher Mrs. Grover, Adelyn and her friend Joe (who is in her class) were fighting about who got to go to Preschool at Mrs Grover's house. I think this age is so fun!

Good Friends!

Adelyn is blessed with many good friends, I hope that this will always be the case. her good friends of course are my good friends' children. I love this picture of Adelyn and her friends Ashlyn and Adrianna.

Six Years!

This is a really late post. Derik and I's anniversary was a month ago, but I just got these pictures from a friend of mine. We went to Temple square (without the kids!). That doesn't happen very often!!! I thought that I would share these pics!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Happy Birthday NANA!

August is a big month for celebration in our family. We have three wedding anniversaries, and four birthdays. We went out to dinner for myand Derik's mom's birthdays. It is always fun to spend time together. The girls were using the bread basket as a hat and I couldn't resist!!!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

My Little Family

This is my sweet little family. These are the things I like best about them:
Derik: He is very goal driven. I don't have to push him to do better at his job or get things done around the house, he always has a list of what he wants to get accomplished. He spends lots of quality time with me, we go on dates every weekend. He is my best friend.
Adelyn: She is spunky and sweet. I love 'Addy hugs' every mornging. I love all the funny things that she says. I love to hear her sing. Her favorite radio song right now is "I won't write you a love song"
Aliya: She smiles all the time! She makes my heart melt and can change my bad mood in a matter of one smile.
I Love you guys~!

Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Adelyn plays hide and seek and when she is ready she will yell "come found me MAMA I in the Chair!"

When Adelyn wants her sippy cup filled she will say "I need the sippy at the top of the Mountain"

When I asked Adelyn to do something she doesn't want to do do she says "I can't want to MAMA"

6/10/08 It was Derik's Birthday and we were taking him his birthday ballon. It was a really mindy day and the wind took the ballon right out of the car and Adelyn was really upset. Later that day she saw an airplane and the light just went on she said "we can get the balloon, mommy. Daddy can get in the airplane and go get the balloon!"

6/27/08 We were looking for a little toy of Adelyn's that we left in the car and I could not find it. She immediately told me that "Daddy can find it he has really big eyes!"

6/08 Anytime something breaks Adelyn tells me "it is okay daddy can fix it!" she loves her daddy!

6/30/08 After a long day with my two great girls I thought that I might srangle Adelyn and her constant demands. I was running upstairs for the 100th time and as I came back down Adelyn yelled "lookin good mama!" i don't know who she heard this from but it made me laugh and remember why I love to be a mommy!

9/29/08 I was showing Adleyn a picture of Derik and I when we graduated with our bachlors degrees. I was seven months pregnant with her and was showing her that she was in my belly. She being very smart said "and Aliya is in Daddy's belly!" LOVE IT!!

10/03/08 We often go out to the bus stop to send our neighbor girl off to school. Adelyn really wants to ride the bus and I told her that she will have to grow bigger. She now tells everyone that she is "going to grow big as a bus!!!"

11/08 My Sister-in-Law has been trying to get pregnant for about five years now and just found out that she finally is!! Anyway when she told us we were hopping up and down and making a big deal about it. Aldeyn went to preschool the next monday and they were talking about what they were thankful for and Addy said "I thankful that my Mom is going to have a baby!" We had to have a talk about who was really having the baby... it was really funny!

3-08-10 Adelyn asked me today if Giraffe's die. I told her yes, everything dies eventually. She said "do people die too?" Yes they do. "I don't want to die!" You won't until your really old. "Are you going to die before me" Most likely. "Where will I live then" She was starting to get upset at this whole concept. We had a big long talk about death and I tried to ease her fears...it is hard to explain complex things to kids!